AI majors go from five schools to seventy-four

Claim

AI majors exploded from five schools in 2021 to at least 74 majors and 89 minors today, while Meta committed $115 million to a free workforce academy guaranteeing graduates a job building its AI data centers.

Reported metric: 5 to 74 majors

Reporting date: 2026-06-09 (not necessarily the event date)

Sources

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• Welcome to June 9, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)